Monster Mash

The Monster Mash was our theme song this year for  Halloween. None of us dressed up like monsters- maybe we should have- but this song played EVERY time we turned on our Pandora Halloween music list. Max LOVED it...he would have listened to it over and over if we would have let him. After about 20 different renditions, Clint and I were pretty much done with it, lol.

Despite the freezing cold rain, we had a nice night taking the boys out in their costumes for trick-or-treating. We went out to eat at the Wand with Ken, and then took the boys around Busco for their treats. Max would say, "Trick-or-Treat!" as soon as we got to a new house, and then after he took his candy he would walk away and say, "Thank you. Happy Halloween!" in a very matter-of-fact Max way. It was adorable. Leo just chilled in the wagon, happy with his bright blue sucker. He wore Max's monkey suit from a couple of years ago, and Max was a knight. Such cuties!

Here are some photos from our night. Also, check out my awesome ghost pumpkin...Clint thought it was a dolphin, lol.

                                       That sucker kept him happy the entire time :)

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Saturday night, Clint and I took the boys to a fun pumpkin patch in Waterloo, IN. They are famous for their intricate corn mazes, hayrides, hay mountain, and corn box. We all had a lot of fun playing and enjoying the beautiful fall weather. I love this time of year!

Jill and Tyler Boger's Wedding

Jill and Tyler are officially married!! Yesterday, in Ypsilanti, MI they exchanged vows during  a gorgeous ceremony. It was so nice to see the two of them take this next step in their relationship in front of all of their family and friends. I was honored to do the reading for their ceremony. Jill is one of my oldest and dearest friends, so it meant a lot to be a part of her special day. I got to sit in the front row-giving me a perfect view of the entire ceremony. The reading was beautiful and I loved how I got to hug both the bride and groom afterwards. We had an eventful night after the ceremony. My parents were there as well as the boys. Max and Leo did pretty well until it was time for the toasts. Max started dancing around our table with a ribbon twirler thing that was passed out after the ceremony (so embarrassing)...lol My mom ended up going back to our room with them to eat. Thanks, Mom!

Gorgeous flowers!

One good picture of Max and Nana before the meltdowns began. 

Behold the golf ball!!

Siiisters!!!

Let the shenanigans begin :)

Here is a photo of our room. We actually stayed at this hotel last winter for a date night. This time our room and view were even better!

This was wear the ceremony was going to be- but once again the outdoor wedding didn't work out due to the weather. Just like the Jasin's wedding- it was still very pretty.

Congrats Jill and Tyler!!

Crazy Eyes

Here are a few photos of Max and Leo with a pair of silly glasses. Our neighborhood did a fun "Ghostly Gift Exchange" for Halloween, and we got a big basket of treats and little gifts. It was such a cute idea. Max and I filled a few baskets of our own and snuck out last night to deliver them. We were running throughout the neighborhood looking for houses to deliver our treats to. Max was kind of scared because it was so dark, but we had a lot of fun running through peoples' yards. I felt like a kid again, haha (doesn't take much...)

High-Ya!

This fall Max started tae kwon do. Wow, what a funny experience! He loved it, and did well, but watching him (and the other students) was hilarious. Half of the kids were pretty young 3's, and they had a hard time paying attention. The other kids were around Max's age or older, and they all tried hard, but it was obvious that their sensei had very little patience and got annoyed with some of them pretty quickly. It was very funny watching the teacher try to be patient. At one point Max had to go to the bathroom. The teacher asked him if he could wait until the end of class, so Max said yes. I could tell he really had to go- so after giving him another 5 minutes, I told him to come on so I could take him. His teacher felt bad and told him if he had to go really bad, that was fine. The next class a couple of the other boys said they had to go to the bathroom. The problem was, their parents weren't there. The teacher thought one of them was my kid and just expected me to take him to the bathroom. I was like, well, this isn't my kid, but I can take him. The teacher was so exasperated and asked the little boy, "Where is your parent?"  They couldn't find him or her, so the sensei had to take him to the bathroom. This happened each class from that point on, and the teacher was soo annoyed every time. I literally laughed out loud during the class each time this happened. Maybe because the teacher was about 22 and probably isn't around kids much- I just found it very funny. Also, he would get so annoyed with this little boy bc he wouldn't listen and would roll around on the floor the whole time.  He was pretty disruptive, and the parents should have taken him out, but it was very comical to watch the teacher try to get him to listen and follow along. Another weekly laughing opportunity for me. Although Max did enjoy this class, we figured we would wait until next fall for him to take it again. It is the same class until he gets older, so we're not sure about signing him up again in the near future. I'm not sure why I found this so funny. I think partly bc it was refreshing to watch someone besides myself or Clint deal with kids that don't listen, lol.

                                                            Great job, Max!!